Billy Cobham - Magic (1977) CD Rip

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Artist: Billy Cobham
Title: Magic
Year Of Release: 2004
Label: Columbia[5128952]
Genre: Jazz Rock, Fusion
Quality: FLAC (image + .cue,log,scans)
Total Time: 51:11
Total Size: 355 MB(+3%)
WebSite: Album Preview

Tracklist

1. On a Magic Carpet Ride
2. AC/DC
3. Leaward Winds
4. Puffnstuff
5. 'Antares' - the Star
6. Magic / Reflection in the Clouds / Magic Recapitulation
7. Indigo
8. Guernica

personnel :

Billy Cobham - drums
Congas – Sheila Escovedo
Timbales – Pete Escovedo
Bass – Randy Jackson
Clarinet – Alvin Batiste
Guitar – Peter Maunu
Piano – Joachim Kühn, Mark Soskin
Synthesizer [Oberheim] – Mark Soskin

Of all Billy Cobham's Columbia fusion sessions, time has been the most unkind to Magic. Despite some inspired and at times awe-inspiring performances, the album is too much a product of its era, suffering from sickly sweet production, awkward vocal contributions, and ill-fitting clarinet contributions from an out of place Alvin Batiste. Strip away the viscous layers of gloss and indulgence, and Magic begins to live up to its title. Cobham's rhythmic interplay with bassist Randy Jackson and percussionists Pete Escovedo and Sheila E. is nothing short of astounding, as fierce and funky as anything in the drummer's catalog. But the songs are tepid and the arrangements overbaked, not to mention that Pete Maunu's guitar wankery verging on the point of absurdity. All in all, too much of a good thing, yet still not enough.~Jason Ankeny

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